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Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958)
The Lobster Fisher at Dusk (1920-1)
Oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. (51 x 61 cm.)
Signed
Provenance: Henry McDermot, who probably acquired it from the 1921 Dublin exhibition;
The Collection of Lord Killanin;
The Frederick Gallery, March/April 1997, Cat. No. 1, where purchased by current owner.
Literature: “
The Paintings of Paul and Grace Henry
” HLMG 1991, illustrated p.45
“
Paul Henry
” by Dr. S.B. Kennedy, National Gallery of Ireland, 2003, full page illustration p.65, with a
catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations, Yale University Press, New Haven, London, 2007,
p.214, Cat. No. 554 (reproduced in colour). Also reproduced in colour on the front cover of the book.
Exhibited: “
Pictures by Paul and Grace Henry
” Dublin Painter’s Society, Dublin, 6-20 June
“
Paintings by Paul and Grace Henry
” Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art (now Dublin City
Gallery- The Hugh Lane), 26 November-31 December 1991 (45, as
The Lobster Pots
, reproduced)
“
Paul Henry
”, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 19 February-18 May 2003 (35, as
The Lobster Pots
reproduced in colour)
“
New Millennium Wing opening exhibition of Irish Art
” January 2002-December 2003, National Gallery
of Ireland.
“
The Collector’s Eye
” Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, 15 January-29 February
Hunt Museum, Limerick, 5 March-1 April 2004 (10, as
Attending the Lobster Pots
, reproduced in colour)
“
Visitor Artists Exhibition
” The Ava Gallery, April 2012, Cat. No. 14
“
Ireland, Her People and Landscape
” The Ava Gallery summer loan show, June-September 2012, Cat. No.21
€100,000 - 150,000
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